org.deegree.geometry.primitive.segments
Interface Clothoid

All Superinterfaces:

CurveSegment

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultClothoid

public interface Clothoid
extends CurveSegment

A clothoid, or Cornu's spiral, is a plane CurveSegment whose curvature is a fixed function of its length.

Version:

$Revision:$, $Date:$

Author:

Markus Schneider , last edited by: $Author:$

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.deegree.geometry.primitive.segments.CurveSegment

CurveSegment.CurveSegmentType

Method Summary

double	getEndParameter() Returns the arc length distance from the inflection point that will be the end point for this curve segment.
AffinePlacement	getReferenceLocation() Returns the affine mapping that places the curve defined by the Fresnel Integrals into the coordinate reference system of this object.
double	getScaleFactor() Returns the value for the constant in the Fresnel's integrals.
double	getStartParameter() Returns the arc length distance from the inflection point that will be the start point for this curve segment.

Methods inherited from interface org.deegree.geometry.primitive.segments.CurveSegment

getCoordinateDimension, getEndPoint, getSegmentType, getStartPoint

Method Detail

getReferenceLocation

AffinePlacement getReferenceLocation()

Returns the affine mapping that places the curve defined by the Fresnel Integrals into the coordinate reference system of this object.

Returns:

the affine mapping

getScaleFactor

double getScaleFactor()

Returns the value for the constant in the Fresnel's integrals.

Returns:

the value for the constant in the Fresnel's integrals

getStartParameter

double getStartParameter()

Returns the arc length distance from the inflection point that will be the start point for this curve segment.

Returns:

the arc length distance that defines the start point

getEndParameter

double getEndParameter()

Returns the arc length distance from the inflection point that will be the end point for this curve segment.

Returns:

the arc length distance that defines the end point